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In a Romeo-and-Juliet musical set in WWII Shanghai, Chinese and Jewish refugees are star-crossed lovers

Sam Lin-Sommer in Forward · 26 Feb

Set during WWII in Shanghai, "migr" is a Romeo-and-Juliet musical that explores the love story of a Chinese woman and a Jewish man against the backdrop of Jewish refugees finding sanctuary in Shanghai during the Holocaust.

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‘Emigré,’ a musical drama about Shanghai’s Jewish community during WWII, makes its US premiere

Julia Gergely in JTA · 20 Feb

"Emigr" is a new musical drama about the Jewish community in Shanghai during World War II, focusing on two Jewish brothers who flee to Shanghai and encounter a Chinese population also affected by war.

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Sanctuary and Humiliation: The Wartime Haven in Shanghai

Harry Freedman in Moment · 18 Jul 2023

During World War II, the Mir Yeshiva students and their teachers were forced to flee Nazi-occupied Poland and Lithuania.

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Literary Phenom Flames Out

Hubert Adjei-Kontoh in Tablet · 23 Mar 2023

The article criticizes the novel "The World and All That It Holds" by Aleksandar Hemon, calling it disappointing and lacking in substance.

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At the Harvard of China, something brand nu — a class in Yiddish

PJ Grisar in Forward · 18 Sep 2022

Yang Meng, one of only a few Chinese academics fluent in Yiddish, recently taught the first Yiddish class ever at Peking University in Beijing.

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My elevator rides with Cecilia Chiang, the Julia Child of Chinese food

Forward · 29 Oct 2020

Cecilia Chiang, the renowned chef and owner of The Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco, was a prominent figure in the city's culinary scene from 1961 until its closure 30 years later.

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Crazy Rich Sephardim

Sarah Abrevaya Stein in Jewish Review of Books · 16 Sep 2020

In "Crazy Rich Sephardim" by Jonathan Kaufman, the author focuses on the interconnected stories of the Sassoon and Kadoorie families, two prominent Sephardic Jewish dynasties.